Nomicron

A game of nomic

Round 11
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Turn 11 - 40
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2010-07-31
10:21 CDT

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62.1 Tokens
Author Looney
Rule Change Type Strong
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Amend the following rule:

319.1 Tokens
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Text Tokens are a class of objects.

Once per week, each player can pay a token to cause a zombie to cast a vote in a specified manner. For the purpose of tallying that vote, the zombie is treated as if it were a player.
( 11 - 14: Enact [319.1] by Murphy)



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Tokens
Mutable Rule
Text Tokens are a class of objects.

Once per turn, each player can pay a token to cause one non-player life form instance to perform one legal action of the player's choice. Multiple players may use tokens on the same life form instance only if it is legal for that life form to act more than once. Tokens may be used regardless of whether a player is manifested as a life form.

Example: Suppose there is exactly one non-player zombie in existence, and players A, B, and C all have tokens. Player A uses a token to make the zombie eat player B's brains. Player B loses 3 points and must manifest as a zombie next turn, but player A does not gain points, as he didn't perform the eating; the zombie did. If player B then spends his token, he cannot make the Zombie eat player A's brains, as zombies can only do that once per turn. However, he can use the zombies ability to cast a vote on one proposal. And if player C then spends his token, he can make the zombie cast a vote on any proposal other than the one that player B picked.

At the end of each turn, if no player used a token during that turn, there is a 25% chance that a random non-player life form will perform a random action (all choices required for such an action shall be made randomly).



Player Comments

Other versions: 62.2  

Player: metaloop
Date: 2010-01-15 19:08

What if there is more than one non-player zombie? Can player A use a token to make zombie1 eat player B's brains and can player B then use a token to make zombie2 to eat A's brains?

I am not in favor of the last para/sentence.

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Player: Looney
Date: 2010-01-18 20:18

Yes, for the same reason that it is legal for two player zombies to eat brains in the same turn: each individual (whether manifested player or non-player life form instance) has its own quota of actions, as specified by the relevant page in the Book of Life.

Tokens will be a fairly scarce resource in the game, as they can only be obtained from Nomicows, who can't give tokens to themselves. So if the non-player life forms are going to do anything interesting, they need some way of acting other than by token. I think a 25% chance of a spontaneous action is reasonable. If anything, that probability should be increased.

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